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French Red Underwing

Catocala elocata

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 25, February 19, March 29, April 46, May 67, June 73, July 78, August 67, September 49, October 37, November 20, December 16.
United States526
Alaska526
France474
Spain279
Italy231
Germany191
Portugal184
Occitanie140
Poland134
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes106

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusUnderwing Moths · Catocala

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise French Red Underwing with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.